then investigators shared the tip they got from the bail bondsman, michael kubosh. >> they think that ex-boyfriend may have hired somebody to have me hurt. and that i, need to be surrounded by people 24 hours a day and not be left alone. >> reporter: normally i would say that must have been shocking. were you all that surprised that -- >> i wasn't. >> reporter: the police suggested meghan go back to pittsburgh for a while. so she bought a ticket and flew home. meanwhile at the harris county d.a. special crimes bureau. investigators jimmy turpin and mike mauldin started looking into leon. were you surprised to see a doctor involved in this? >> it was surprising to us. normally we don't deal with, professional people lookin' to have somebody killed. >> reporter: their first priority, locate the elusive zach, the guy leon asked the bail bondsman about. the guy who may have been a hitman. they searched databases knocked on doors and they found him. his real name was moataz azzeh, or "taz" for short. >> and he said, we need to talk. >> reporter: taz said they had him all wrong. he was no h